Bikol language
- Bikol language
language
name=Bikol
familycolor=Austronesian
states=Philippines
region=Bicol
speakers=2.5 million
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Borneo-Philippines
fam4=Central Philippine
fam5=Bikol languages
script=Latin (Filipino variant);
"Historically written inBaybayin "
nation=Regional language in thePhilippines
agency=Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
(Commission on the Filipino Language)
iso2=bik
lc1=bcl|ld1=Central Bicolano|ll1=Central Bicolano language::"For the macrolanguage Bikol, see
Bikol languages ."Bikol refers to Central Bicolano (also known as Bikol Central), one of the languages that compose
Coastal Bikol . [http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_iso639.asp?code=bik] It is spoken in Bicol Region of the Philippines (Region V).Grammar
Pronouns
Bikol-Naga
"Bikol-Naga", a dialect of Central Bicolano based in Naga City and widely considered as the essential local foundation of Standard Bikol, is plainly understood along with Bikol-Legazpi based in Legazpi City by most Bikol speakers. It is spoken in the first and second districts of
Camarines Sur (except in Del Gallego) and inSan Pascual, Masbate . "Bikol-Legazpi" is spoken in the eastern coast ofAlbay and northernSorsogon .Most common additional dialects include "Bikol-Daet" spoken in Daet and adjacent towns in
Camarines Norte , "Bikol-Partido" spoken in the 3rd District of Camarines Sur and in Virac, San Andres and southern part of Caramoran in Catanduanes, and "Bikol-Rinconada" spoken in the 4th District of Camarines Sur particularly in the neighboring towns or villages near Iriga City.Dialectal variation
Like other Philippine languages, Bikol has a number of loanwords, largely Spanish as a result of Spanish rule’s 333 years in the Philippines. This includes "suerte" (luck), "karne" ("carne", meat), "imbestigador" ("investigador", investigator), "litro" (liter), "pero" (but), and "krimen" ("crimen", crime). Other source of loanwords is Sanskrit, like "hade" (king) and
karma .ee also
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Bikol languages External links
* [http://bikoltranslator.blogspot.com Translate Bikol]
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